ukraine s president accuses russia of bombing residential districts and calls it a war crime. a report suggests a convoy of russian military vehicles seen advancing on kyiv this much longer than previously thought. in russia, president putin says a settlement ever ukraine is possible but only if what he described as moscow s legitimate kit security interest are addressed. the fighting continues in russia s central bank has been rocked by sanctions imposed by the us and european allies. our correspondent reports on how russia is reacting to the war. once, moscow glistened with aspiration to be a global financial centre, an economic giant. but war has changed that. after the kremlin s invasion of ukraine, the world has turned its back on russia.
the city hunkers down for another night knowing there could be worse to come. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. still to come a bit later in the programme, we ll hear more from those fleeing the war, crossing borders into poland and moldova. but first vladimir putin says a settlement over ukraine is possible, but only if what he described as moscow s legitimate security interests are addressed. while the fighting continues, russia s central bank has been rocked by sanctions imposed by the us and its european allies. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports on how russia s politicians and the public are reacting to the war. once, moscow glistened with aspiration to be a global financial centre, an economic giant. but war has changed that. after the kremlin s invasion of ukraine, the world has
for security. amid a collection of highly unpopular politicians, john lee is really uniquely unpopular. he has overseen hong kong s transformation from, really, global financial centre to basically pyongyang with better weather, unfortunately, and, really, the way that i feel is that whether it isjohn lee or whether it is someone else, it does not particularly matter. the failure of carrie lam s rain has certainly been contributed to by her own leadership style, her own personality, but in reality, it is also very much a reflection of the fundamental problem of the hong kong chief executive, who is supposed to serve the city of hong kong but who is, for all intents and purposes, chosen by beijing. andy hong kong people and the rulers in beijing see the city s potential and see its future very differently, so without any change in that structure,
has transformed from a dynamic, global financial centre characterised by the rule of law to a place where people now face potential life sentences simply for exercising their legally guaranteed rights. as a result, over these past five years, many people have called on carrie lam to step down, but actually is, ifear that, really, nothing will change and that her legacy will be a hong kong that was personally changed for the worse. indeed, kevin. just in terms of her replacement, we are hearing reports thatjohn lee, her deputy, is the person likely to be selected when that selection process comes out later in the year. what do we know about him, in terms of how he might end up being in charge and it sort of policies he may put in place in hong kong? john lee is the secretary
could say i was surprised. - down? in a certain sense, one| could say i was surprised. lam has certainly bent over backwards to make beijing happy of a process that has made the hong kong people very unhappy, yet from my perspective, i was really less surprised then one might sayjust really less surprised then one might say just disinterested. lam s reign over hong kong has been really disastrous, if we look at the developments of the past five years, as hong kong has transformed from a dynamic, global financial centre characterised by the rule of law to a place where people now face potential life sentences simply for exercising their legally guaranteed rights. as a result, over these past five years, many people have called on carrie lam to step down, but actually is, ifear that, actually is, i fear that, really, actually is, ifear that, really, nothing will change and